Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-27
G. 1. B.
The Veterans Of the Northern Army
Assembling in Vast Numbers
atlSt. Louis.
The Different Parks Turned Into
Camping Gtnuads aaa Write Tents
shelter $4,000 Soldiers.
-Hrs General frank BIatr Presents Blair
Post Ui'h fha Flsg OF ihe Seven
tssnth Army Corps.
TIE WRIST DAY.

The WRIST DAY.
ST. LOUIS, DO, Sept. 2t.-A national
salute from Camp Washington 1ersIded
the dawai0s If the dsy, and reused the
ermy Of visitors and committees whose
duties caied them to tha carly trains.
The clouds taGt azd gathered Sunday ST
teEnoon Grifted over the city. out : tae mist
d&m2c1cd the atmosphere tAls morning.,
G1d &radu&Iig collected in : steady. disz-
greea5le rain. The first ira.l brought
more soldiers, mcce visitors end many
children. The west poured IN its arsa.
clouds IS steadily as the rain leaked
throagl the clouds, sud Kansas, with her
grssshCpp6r badges, came in force, ijin-
ing Nebrasks's corn badged fellows at
the camp st Washington Post. TIE gray
haired warriors and sturdy farmers fled
from the Gepot5 with grip in hand and
| blanket thrown over tleIr shoulders. gsk-
iDg only for tent, while the women and
children followed behind. The gloom Of
the dsy was dispeiied by the Shrek Of the
Tie ana the beat Of The drum, while ngcly
airs from mGny laEcs
INDICATED TIE SP.RIT-
that W25 wrapped ~ IN the blouse
sp2r9isd Win BRASS buttons ana copper
badges. IRE Pscihc s,opa veterans mad
scarcely sett'ed down before the naarer
west poured il With Arkansas, New EIexi-
co and Texas. Iowa and MissJuTs con
fagent reported many q man and the
c0mings Of thousands OF more. Several
hundred have reported from PennsyI-
VaIld. Early IN the morning Kentucky
I q 49, q 4rF-
/ Ils headquarters sud then moved out to
I tEe e"nted field. Oli0, Indiana Erd Hi
nCls GQicIly passed through the streets,
/ seeking shelter ana greeting friends and
comTeGes. In 5he {, MS, groups e men
/ assembled with beads together, viewing
/ the PISS, 6od drifting INTO "Reminiscences
u the loGg ago terrible s.Eug-
gle. Camp life surely brings me
o-1 times back ard such days as this are
IN LIGHT CONTRAST
r. 1as mud aa1 cruel weather Of the
Shenandoah g=ueg. st noon the rail
roads mad brought in 10000 citizen
soldiers. Attic CCDCts end Ct the camps
I'll seemed confusion, BAT order quickly
Sasume1 command sad tAe search tor CID
reg ime1.5 aad cid friends BEGAN ct cree.
Hduy n brother or 'fric1d awaits at The
trsiE or the camp The coming of one
whom he mad not seen since TIE grand re-
vie" ~ Washington. TO laciIit5Je the
search the Kansas camps have ar
ranged their lents in groups aud marked
I them FOR the different states so tnat the
member CT 8 Kansas G. A. L. post might
Ie7t il MS reglmentaI tent.
The feature Of this encsmpment is the
| shoiteiias Of large numbers of Old vete-
rsGs n tents. Tried ct each encampment
before IN smau numbers the plan gave
such satisfaction snG pleasure that it was
decided to thus house the vast numbers,
and the executive committee arranged to
care for 3 greater number Of people in
the field than he's ever been attemp ed
in any Iald except il times OF war.
Perhaps 10 canvas city of such progress
has ever been built il so short time.
Within two months $500 tents with ample
room Tor "a, 600 persons has been nut to-
gether, ana ere now pitched in the beau-
j!fnl parks OF the city, all within @ radius
OF two miles of headquarters, and CeG-
reCted by telegraph, and convenient to
dining halls a bale of straw makes
mattresses for each tent, the bed the SOL
der brings strapped on his knaDssck or
grip. Five hundred Of these tents were
pitched in Lyon Park, 800 in COncardia
Park, and in Hyde Park are SOC, and il
Washington 80, Carr 700, ST. Louis 500,
Jackson $50, Forest 200, and around the
courthouse aAd other public place IA the
heart of She city 100. For
several days the deserted walks
AID white coverings were more
Ike TIE city OF the dead, but tonight an
arny Of i0yial and tried spirit crowd The
way. The doubt "WOUld the BOYS take
I 60 70 Les hoar .Iie~oIJo4
e drilling and rainy day more appIica-
| tioDs for such shelters have been made
than tents are ready Cor, out the neigh
| boring hotels aud boarding houses are an
ple9for The surplus; in many cases the vet
craas will sleep in camps and house big
family near by.
GENERAL BLAIR's WIDOW.
Frank 2. Blair Post, besides the usual
reception to visitors to-day, marched TO
the residence OF the widow Of General T.
2. Blair at noon and presented her with
medal recently adopted by the post.
bearing as q medallion the hesd of her
late husband. Ia return Mrs. Blair pre-
senGed to the post the flag OF The Seven
teenth army corps, of which
General Blair was commander
during the latter part of the
war, which was received most
enthusiastically. This evening the yIsi-
tors were entertained by receptions ct
local post headquarters. The halls,
beautifully decorated, have been thrown
open ell day, and many commands have
accepted the hospitality. A. Rsnsome
Post band enuveLeG the scene with mar
tial music, end L. S. Grant Post of Eliza
beth, n. j., presented Ransome Post
with handsome painting of General Ran
some. Lyon, Hassendsable and Hard
ing posts al kept open house to visitors.
General Lucius Fairchild, AdJutant-Ge
eraI Gray and others of the staff arrived
| this evening. He W2s met az the depot
by General Grier and mounted staff and
escorted to his headquarters at the South
ern Hotel. Hannibal Hamlin came with
him. Mrs. Z. D. Darcy Kenn,
national president of the
! Woman's Relief Corps, arrived
from San Frncisco this afternoon.